Web API •References / Artists / Get Artist's Albums

Get Artist's Albums

Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's albums.

Important policy notes

Request

id
string
Required
The Spotify ID of the artist.
Example: 0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg
include_groups
string
A comma-separated list of keywords that will be used to filter the response. If not supplied, all album types will be returned.
Valid values are:
- album
- single
- appears_on
- compilation
For example: include_groups=album,single.
Example: include_groups=single,appears_on
market
string
An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. If a country code is specified, only content that is available in that market will be returned.
If a valid user access token is specified in the request header, the country associated with the user account will take priority over this parameter.
Note: If neither market or user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
Users can view the country that is associated with their account in the account settings.
Example: market=ES
limit
integer
The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.
Default: limit=20Range: 0 - 50Example: limit=10
offset
integer
The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first item). Use with limit to get the next set of items.
Default: offset=0Example: offset=5

Response

Pages of albums

href
string
Required
A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request
Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20"
limit
integer
Required
The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).
Example: 20
next
string
Required
Nullable
URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)
Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
offset
integer
Required
The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)
Example: 0
previous
string
Required
Nullable
URL to the previous page of items. ( null if none)
Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
total
integer
Required
The total number of items available to return.
Example: 4
Required
- album_type
  string
  Required
  The type of the album.
  Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation"Example: "compilation"
- total_tracks
  integer
  Required
  The number of tracks in the album.
  Example: 9
- available_markets
  array of strings
  Required
  The markets in which the album is available: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. NOTE: an album is considered available in a market when at least 1 of its tracks is available in that market.
  Example: ["CA","BR","IT"]
- Required
  Known external URLs for this album.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
- href
  string
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the album.
- id
  string
  Required
  The Spotify ID for the album.
  Example: "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
- Required
  The cover art for the album in various sizes, widest first.
  url
  string
  Required
  The source URL of the image.
  Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
  height
  integer
  Required
  Nullable
  The image height in pixels.
  Example: 300
  width
  integer
  Required
  Nullable
  The image width in pixels.
  Example: 300
- name
  string
  Required
  The name of the album. In case of an album takedown, the value may be an empty string.
- release_date
  string
  Required
  The date the album was first released.
  Example: "1981-12"
- release_date_precision
  string
  Required
  The precision with which release_date value is known.
  Allowed values: "year", "month", "day"Example: "year"
- Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.
  reason
  string
  The reason for the restriction. Albums may be restricted if the content is not available in a given market, to the user's subscription type, or when the user's account is set to not play explicit content. Additional reasons may be added in the future.
  Allowed values: "market", "product", "explicit"
- type
  string
  Required
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "album"
- uri
  string
  Required
  The Spotify URI for the album.
  Example: "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
- Required
  The artists of the album. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.
  Known external URLs for this artist.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  href
  string
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.
  id
  string
  The Spotify ID for the artist.
  name
  string
  The name of the artist.
  type
  string
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "artist"
  uri
  string
  The Spotify URI for the artist.
- album_group
  string
  Required
  This field describes the relationship between the artist and the album.
  Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation", "appears_on"Example: "compilation"

Response sample

{  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20",  "limit": 20,  "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",  "offset": 0,  "previous": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",  "total": 4,  "items": [    {      "album_type": "compilation",      "total_tracks": 9,      "available_markets": ["CA", "BR", "IT"],      "external_urls": {        "spotify": "string"      },      "href": "string",      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",      "images": [        {          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",          "height": 300,          "width": 300        }      ],      "name": "string",      "release_date": "1981-12",      "release_date_precision": "year",      "restrictions": {        "reason": "market"      },      "type": "album",      "uri": "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",      "artists": [        {          "external_urls": {            "spotify": "string"          },          "href": "string",          "id": "string",          "name": "string",          "type": "artist",          "uri": "string"        }      ],      "album_group": "compilation"    }  ]}